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Make Your Mark is a new campaign that aims to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland. The campaign is supported by a partnership of major stakeholders in Scotland’s heritage and voluntary sectors, and was recently launched on 4th December 2020. To learn more about Make Your Mark, we invited Erin Burke, Make Your Mark Communications Officer, to give us an introduction to the campaign and why inclusive heritage volunteering is important for Scotland’s heritage and communities.

In partnership with Mnemoscence, the Museums of the University of St Andrews have developed a tool, Exhibit, which allows students to engage virtually with one of our most valuable teaching resources, the University’s museum collection.

As the deadline draws closer for applications to the Business Support Programme 'Surviving to Thriving: Supporting Sustainable Scottish Heritage Businesses' we asked Fiona Skiffington, our Business Support Manager, to update and talk through FAQs.

Caro Overy, Creative Carbon Scotland’s Carbon Management Planning Officer writes about museums and galleries’s response to the climate emergency and the part Scotland’s museums sector can play.

MGS caught up with Zandra Yeaman ahead of the Knowledge Exchange event ‘Representing the Underrepresented’ to learn more about the ‘Curating Discomfort’ project:

Since the beginning of lockdown in March, Museums Galleries Scotland has been actively engaging with our museum and galleries friends and colleagues throughout Scotland and beyond. We have mobilised to ensure that we can help as many museums and galleries as we possibly can survive through this unprecedented period.

As museums gradually re-open their venues safely and reconnect with audiences we continue our support for museums and galleries learning provision. MGS aims to support museum learning practitioners and enable them to provide a safe, welcoming environment and quality programmes for their audiences and visitors.

Andrew Graham, Lead Officer Collections and Engagement from West Dunbartonshire Council talks about an unexpected outcome of lockdown.

Katie Adams recently became the first of our Digital Marketing Modern Apprentices to complete her diploma. She looks back on her time with Culture Perth and Kinross earning her vocational qualification

MGS Standards Support Officer, Lesley Scott, talks about her work with The Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery and how museums can effectively communicate with their audiences online.